This is Notelu's magnificent restoration of the movie. I have transcoded it using Handbrake, from its original 23 Gb file, changing the audio coding from 383 kbps to 320 kbps, the maximum rate for playback through my Samsung DVD player. This is probably why the original mkv file would not play on my DVD player. I did two conversions, one to an mkv file using the preset "Matroska H.264 MKV 1080p30" with the original video framerate, and altered audio bitrate as described; and a second conversion to mp4, using the selectable preset "General: Super HQ 1080p 30 Surround", and a selectable audio bitrate of 320 kbps. Although each conversion preserved the original resolution of
1920 X 1080, I found the mp4 conversion slightly more agreeable. Either file will play through an NTFS-formatted USB drive inserted into my Samsung DVD player. Or, either can be burned to a Blu ray DVD data disc. The new .mkv file is now 4.8 Gb instead of 23 Gb, and the Mp4 file, which I prefer, is 7 Gb. Either of these files, when played back on my big screen TV is clearly superior in both resolution and color to the BBC versions, available on this site. One of these is identified in the title as the BBC restoration. The other, is disc one of a two disc .tar upload labeled "Song of the South Preservation edition 1.1"
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flglavin
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June 27, 2020
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Answer to emilw
Under download options find mpeg4.
Highlight it with mouse, then right-click to bring up context menu. From menu left click on "save link as" and a dialog with file search page should appear. Choose what directory to save it in, then type in your title in the appropriate space. Click OK
This is for Firefox. Other browsers will have a similar procedure. Right-clicking for context sensitive menu is the key.
Reviewer:
emilw
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June 26, 2020
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Awesome conversion!
Picture quality is awesome. Just cannot figure out how to download the mp4 version of the file. Every attempt just opens the file for viewing. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Followed instructions on help page with no luck.
Reviewer:
OSIROK
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March 26, 2019
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Just beautiful ... redux
I have a hard drive, but it only goes up to just slightly under 4 GB. If it's anything above 4 GB, I can't download it, but thank you for suggesting it. I'll just have to wait until somebody can put it up at a lower GB rate.
best wishes.